Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-17


Ex-mayor and publisher vickery Of Auon.,.
oeing IN town Wednesday, was iuterv;exsd
oy the independent scribe upon tina. c,n,.,.
lists last weeks purchase of the For, ponh.
summer resort property. Elsewhere ia ii.
columns may be found Mr.. vickerv's gen.
efoue proposition to give cottage late ~
proper applicants upon the condition ,b.,
each shall build a summer home ,ha,ao, n.
V'cke'y stated that this was the beginning of
his effort to place the resort on better found..
ton. The colony thus founded would nrovs
the nucleus, he believed, of delightful sum.
mer Guy by the ses. This COLONY to he cou.
posed of the incest Kennebec and Na~
England families. will naturally have tn
interests of historical. Popham at heart ANA
WORK With him in bringing it before the
n"ii'e Of the public That il to saw wba,
the first twenty five families are e.fablisbad
IN their seaside homes thew will hri,o ,h.i
fr'-nf$ after them visitors and ma. mi,
mn hence to ''boom" Popham. The hotels
and attractions OF PJpham will he extensively
advertised and beginning wi'h early snmm.r
Doth hotels, the Eureka AID Dc an View. will
pe opThen-"and viii b" filled the season
through, remarked NJ Viek-ry decisiyely.
arrangements VII be made 10 furnish ex-
cursI'h parties With passsg- frum d ,ston and
Portland to the beach by the B,ston and
Portland boats and board for stated period.
at 'i'her OF the hotels tor fair prices Alfred
Is Perkins, "Alf the Genial" az ne il bauer
known, IS to have general charge of the
entire property, and better SELECTION couid
not have b@en made. Mr. Perkins ha. leased
nis Lisbon hotel aud entered apon his new
duties where he has made 80 many friend, in
years past as landlord of the Eureka,
Inc Percy V. will run between Augusta
and Boothhav. the service b tween the river
towns aud Popham being well served by the
trips OF the Star of the East and the Portland
boat the Bessie B.
The hotel will at once be put in running
| order. stocked and manned for the summer
season. Over the cliff ut the Ocean View a
stairway with many landings will be built to
| AFFORD easy access To this most slightly hotel
on the coast The roads, walks, lawns, bill
lard rooms, etc, will be pat in order, various
improvements will be made, cottages will 90
up and Popham will enter in earnest upon
new and grand career.
Mr.. Vickery is ready to give Gov. Bodwell
the right Of way for narrow guage road
across the four miles of beach from Small
IT to Popham. Here connection with the
boats would solve the question of communal
cation with Sm,ll Pt. Mr.. Vlckery is alive
to the fact that the more the governor booms
Small Pr. the better it is for Popham and the
rule works both wavs.
People have ask me. What do you know
about running hotels, Mr.. Vckery 2 and |
have replied that pe-hap, l knew little. but
one thing is sure, Pophsm has the finest
beach and best marine views and advantages
on the Maine coast. and propose to give the
public the advantages of them. have gen
erallv succeeded in any undertaking. quietly
added Mr.. Vickery. The Independent has
always loved and doomed grant old Pophsm,
and it is delighted that man of vim, liberal
views and money has now full swing with
this properly. We have always predicted
that Pnpnam and Small Point would eventual.
y rival Bar llarbor, and we now advise our
citizens to go in with Mr. Vickerv and not
only mike money bv investing in cottages
but bv so doing benefit Bath by increasing
summer travel this wav there by.